Places TheGraniteKate Wants to Go

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

The bench featured in the film with Robin Williams and Matt Damon has become a popular destination for moviegoers.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.